If you or your child is interested in insects, arachnids, nature, or science - this will be a camp they will love. In four years, we have never had a camper leave camp who didn't have a great time.
Bug (or Entomology) Camp is a 4, half day long camp for ages 7 and up. Campers are grouped together in labs or teams based on age, so if you have a young or older camper, they will not feel out of place. This allows us to modify the activities and experiments to be more age appropriate and personalized.
This summer (2012), we will hold two camps to accommodate growing interest in our camp.
July 16-19 & July 23-26 from 9am to 1:30pm.
Please only sign up for one camp, and if there is space, you may sign up for both (however, the material covered will be the same). For more information about camp, keep reading!
During Bug Camp, campers become junior entomologist and complete a 4-H project. They will learn all there is to know about bugs, and come home with more information that you can imagine. Our goal in this camp is to get kids excited about nature and science and use a topic that most kids find fascinating.
Not only will campers learn about entomology, they will collect insects and put together an insect collection, perform experiments with insects, and activities all related to insects. Campers will receive a collection kit, which contains a collection box, foreceps, killing jars, killing solution, net, insect pins, labels, spreading board (for spreading wings), pinning block, magnifying glass, and collection bag. These collection kits are the envy of any college student taking an entomology course!
I don't want to spoil the surprise of the experiments, but they are performed with termites, bess beetles, millipedes, and possible some insect dissections. Campers will learn about general entomology, lifecycles, insect mouthparts, identifying insects, and much more.
Camp is lead by Molly Keck, entomologist with Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Bexar County. In addition, volunteers help make camp very one on one. Our goal is to have a ratio of at least 1 camp leader to 4 campers.
If you are interested in coming to Bug Camp, please download the registration form and send it in! We hope to see you at bug camp!
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